Live Auction 11670The Collection of a Distinguished Swiss Gentleman
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP
Lot 34

A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP

MARK OF GREGOR LEIDER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1660

Closed8 July 2015

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP
MARK OF GREGOR LEIDER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1660
The domed foot chased with flowers and foliage, the stem formed as a figure of a military putto with spear, the waisted bowl chased with flowers and foliage and with crimped rim, marked on foot and near rim
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
4 oz. 11 dwt. (142 gr.)

by repute, Kunsthandel, Zurich, 1968.

Specialist note

Gregor Leider (1590-1673)
The maker of the present cup, Gregor Leider, was born in Klagenfurt in southern Austria and is recorded as working in Augsburg from around 1624 until his death in 1673. A Catholic, he supplied liturgical silver to various religious institutions particularly in Salzburg. In addition to ecclesiastical silver he supplied secular table ornaments, such as a model of a Habsburg Emperor in a German noble collection, and that of a cockerel.